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(اجتبن)

جُبْنٌ

جُبْنٌ andجُبُنٌ↓ andجُبُنٌّ↓, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) the first of which is the most approved, and the last the most rare, and said by some to be used only in a case of necessity in poetry, (Lth, Mṣb,)[Cheese;]a certain thing that is eaten,(Ṣ, Mṣb,)well known:(Ḳ:) n. un. جُبْنَةٌ, (TA,) a word having a more particular signification than جُبْنٌ, (Ṣ,) meaning aقُرص[or round, flattened, loaf]thereof,(Mgh,)[or a cheese, or piece of cheese,] as also جُبُنَةٌ(TA) and جُبُنَّةٌ. (Ṣ, TA.)

جُبُنٌ

جُبُنٌّ

جُبْنِىٌّ

جُبْنِىٌّA seller ofجُبْن[i. e. cheese]. (TA.)

word: جُبْنِىٌّ ― (signification - A2)

And a rel. n. from سُوقُ الجُبْنِ[The cheesemarket] in Damascus. (Ḳ.)

جَبَانٌ

جَبَانٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) an epithet from جَبَنَ, (Ṣ,) applied to a man and to a woman, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) in the latter case like حَصَانٌ and رَزَانٌ, (Ibn-Es-Sarráj, Ṣ,) and with ة also applied to a woman; (M, Mṣb, Ḳ;) andجَبينٌ↓, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) from جَبُنَ, (Ṣ,) applied to a man and to a woman; andجَبَّانٌ↓; (Ḳ;)A coward; or cowardly; i. e. wont to dread things, so as not to venture upon them boldly,(Ḳ, TA,)by night or by day;(TA;)weak-hearted:(Mṣb:)جَبَانٌ is contr. ofشُجَاعٌ: (Mṣb in art. شجع:)pl. masc. جُبَنَآءُ, (Mṣb, Ḳ,)[properly of جَبِينٌ] and fem. جَبَانَاتٌ. (Lth, Mṣb, TA.)هُوَ جَبَانُ الكَلْبِ[He is one whose dog is cowardly,] means ‡ he is extremely generous:(Ḳ, TA:) because, by reason of guests' coming to him, his dog does not growl. (TA.) And you say, فُلَانٌ شُجَاعُ القَلْبِ جَبَانُ الوَجْهِ ‡ [app. meaning Such a one is courageous in heart, mild in face]. (TA. [Expl. by اجنى الوجه, which seems to be a mistranscription.])

جَبِينٌ

Also The part above the temple, on the right of the forehead, and on the left thereof; the two being called جَبِينَانِ: (Ṣ:) the side of the forehead,[so Bḍ in xxxvii. 103,]from the part over against the place where the hair falls off, to the temple, on the right of the forehead, and on the left thereof: so say Az and IF and others: the forehead (الجَبْتَة) is between the جَبِينَانِ: (Mṣb:) or the جَبِينَانِ are the two borders of the forehead, on either side thereof, in the part between the two eyebrows (فِيمَا بَيْنَ الحَاجِبَيْنِ[so in the copies of the Ḳ, a mistake for فيما يَلِى الحاجبينin the part next to the two eyebrows]), rising to the place where the growth of the hair terminates:(Ḳ:) or between the place where the growth of the hair terminates and the eyebrows:(TA:) or the جبين is the borders(in the T, the border, TA)of the forehead, between the two temples, uniting with theنَاصِيَة[or place where the hair grows in the fore part of the head, or the hair of that part]: (Ḳ, TA:) and it sometimes occurs as meaning the forehead:(MF, TA:)[see an ex. voce تَرِبَ, where it is used in this last sense, and is fem., perhaps because syn. with جَبْهَة, for] Lḥ says that it is always masc.: (TA:) pl. [of mult.]جُبُنٌ and [of pauc.]أَجْبِنَةٌ(Mṣb, Ḳ) and أَجْبُنٌ. (Ḳ.)

جَبَّانَةٌ

جَبَّانَةٌ(Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) andجَبَّانٌ↓, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) the former of which is the more common, (Mṣb,)A place of prayer,(Mṣb,) or common place of prayer,(Mgh,)in aصَحْرَآء[or desert tract]. (Mgh, Mṣb.)

word: جَبَّانَةٌ ― (signification - A2)

A burial-ground:(Ḳ:) this is sometimes called جبّانة because the place of prayer is generally in the burial-ground: (Mṣb:) accord. to Kh, these two words, in this sense, are from الجَبُّ and الجَبُوبُ; but others derive them from جبن. (TA in art. جب.)

word: جَبَّانَةٌ ― (signification - A3)

A[desert tract such as is termed]صَحْرَآء. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

word: جَبَّانَةٌ ― (signification - A4)

A place that produces much herbage: and level, elevated land:(AḤn, Ḳ:) or the latter, level, elevated land, that produces much herbage:(Aboo-Kheyreh, TA:) accord. to ISh, it is smooth, without trees; but it may have in it hills, and a tract abounding with trees: and sometimes theجبّانةis level, without hills and without any tract abounding with trees; but it is not in sand nor in mountains, though it may be in[high grounds such as are termed]قِفَاف[pl. of قُفٌّ]and in[what are termed]شَقَائِق[pl. of شَقِيقَةٌ]. (TA.)

جَبّانِىٌّ

جَبّانِىٌّA dweller in theجَبَّان, meaning صَحْرَآء. (TA.)

أَجْبَنُ

أَجْبَنُ[More, and most, cowardly, or weakhearted]. (TA.) You say أَجْبَنُ مِنْ صَافِرٍ, i. e. [More cowardly]than a whistling bird:(Ṣ in art. صفر:) or, as some say, than a thief.(TA in that art. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 326.])

مَجْبَنَةٌ

مَجْبَنَةٌ[A cause of cowardice, or weak-heartedness]. One says, الوَلَدُ مَجْبَنَةٌ مَبْخَلَةٌ[Children are a cause of cowardice and a cause of niggardliness]; because one loves continuance of life, and property, on account of them. (Ṣ, TA.)